Brictlington coxswain Fred Waikington follows in the wake of some former RNLI lifeboats that have travelled some 12,000 miles to a new home in the land of kiwis, sheet), volcanoes... and almost 10,000 miles of coastline.red and Carol...
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Shoreline's BMW car competition was won by Squadron Leader P. L. Whitaker (I.). The car was presented to him at Poole a few days after the draw by Vice- Admiral Sir Peter Compston (r.), a deputy chairman of the Committee of Management... - View image in PDF
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THE hundred and twelfth Annual Meeting of the governors of the Institution was held at the Central Hall, Westminster, at 3 P.M. on Wednesday, 6th May. Some 1,800 people were present.
H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, K.G., as...
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Two lifeboats in search for car in tragic cliff-fall The RNLI's chairman, Michael Vemon, has written to the coxswain of Eastbourne's All-weather lifeboat commending him on his actions during a service on 23 June 1990. The helmsman of...
Barge aground THE STATION HONORARY SECRETARY Of Mablethorpe lifeboat station was informed by Humber Coastguard at 1030 on Tuesday October 12, 1982, that the barge Almeco had grounded overnight.
An attempt was to be made to...
Royal National Life-Boat Institution, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck.
(Incorporated by Royal Charter.) FOUNDED 1824 SUPPORTED BY VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS.
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HER...
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Aith, Shetland*, and Droughty Ferry, Dundee.
Two naming ceremonies of new motor life-boats took place in Scotland during September, at Aith in the Shetlands and Broughty Ferry, Dundee. Both life- boats were the gifts of...
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Boarding boat rescue from saltings REQUESTING THE LAUNCHING of Calshot lifeboat at 2207 on Thursday, January 29, HM Coastguard told the honorary secretary that at 2054 a red flare had been reported in Ashlett Creek and. in view of the very...
For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck.
(Incorporated by Royal Charter.) FOUNDED IN 1824.— SUPPORTED SOLELY BY VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS.
PATRONESS.
HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE...
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Naming and dedication Ceremonies - Wells-Next-The-Sea- Mersey Class Doris M Mann of Ampthill It was obvious as dawn broke on a cloudless and sunny summer's day on 17 July that everyone at Wells-next-the-Sea had pulled out all the stops...
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